50's Ã‚Â£19,000-a-minute

50 Cent was paid a whopping Ã‚Â£285,000 for his 15 minute performance at last year's Reading Festival - an incredible Ã‚Â£19,000 per minute.

The rapper revealed he received the enormous sum from organisers of the annual festival where he was famously bottled off stage by drunken, rowdy fans who had planned to disrupt his set all weekend.

When the 'Candy Shop' singer took the stage, with his group G-Unit, he was welcomed by a hail of thousands of plastic bottles, some disgustingly filled with urine, many of which struck him in the face and body.

After braving the barrage of missiles - and also throwing many back at the angry crowd - 50 eventually stormed off stage after nearly being struck in the face by a metal camping chair.

However, rather than still be angry at the humiliating incident the 29-year-old star - real name Curtis Jackson - claims it was the best gig he ever did because he earned so much money for so little work.

50, who has been shot nine times, said: "They paid me Ã‚Â£285,000 to be there and I was only on stage for 15 minutes it was one of the best gigs I ever did in my life."